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<p>"Telecommuting" and flexible work spaces are nothing new. I've worked from home, from public libraries, airport lounges, and even <a href="http://www.workforce.com/images/misc/sun.pdf">Sun Microsystem's iWork Cafes</a> and drop-in centers for the past 10 years. Companies have been (and are increasingly) giving employees the flexibility to choose where they work. If someone wants to work from a cafe in the morning before a client meeting, reserve a table in the campus cafeteria for a chat with a colleague at noon, and work from a co-work or drop-in space near their child's daycare at the end of the day, they can do that. What is new is the ability to reserve all of those different workspaces with a single tool - and in real time. </p>
<p>I had a great discussion with the team from <a href="https://liquidspace.com/">LiquidSpace</a> yesterday to learn more about how they work. They provide a marketplace for those with work spaces to offer and individuals looking for alternative work sites. "Just as <a href="http://www.opentable.com/home-newdesign.aspx">Open Table</a> is a platform used by restaurants, we are a similar real-time platform for workplaces," explained Mark Gilbreath, the LiquidSpace CEO and co-founder. "We are not an owner of space. We are the tool to connect users and space." And, those workplaces can include both public spaces - such as hotel meeting rooms, executive suites like Regus or co-work spaces - as well as private spaces on a company's campus or meeting rooms within a residential building or development. </p><a href="http://blogs.forrester.com/jennifer_belissent_phd/13-01-25-technology_opens_doors_to_new_workplaces" title="Read the rest of &#039;Technology Opens Doors To New Workplaces&#039;." class="node_read_more">Read more</a><div class="categories"><h3>Categories:</h3><ul class="links"><li class="taxonomy_term_11408 first"><a href="/category/liquidspace" rel="tag" alt="See other content with this tag." title="See other content with this tag.">LiquidSpace</a></li>
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</ul></div>http://blogs.forrester.com/jennifer_belissent_phd/13-01-25-technology_opens_doors_to_new_workplaces#commentsCIOLiquidSpaceco-workcoworktelecommutingworkplaceworkspaceFri, 25 Jan 2013 13:29:31 +0000Jennifer Belissent, Ph.D.8762 at http://blogs.forrester.com